Category Archives: appalachian dulcimer

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  Dulcimer: The sound of mountain music

  Posted on August 18, 2011 by Shellie Leete in appalachian dulcimer, Bed and Breakfast Virginia, Blue Ridge Insitute, mountain music

  The Blue Ridge Institute and Museum in Ferrum is displaying a quintessential Appalachian stringed instrument — the dulcimer. Article by Ralph Berrier Jr at Roanoke.com Ferrum –The mountain dulcimer is the quiet child in the Appalachian musical family. Not as flashy as the fiddle or as brash as the banjo, the gentle tones of a [...]

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  Psalteries, Zithers and Dulcimers – Made By Hand in Virginia

  Posted on November 11, 2010 by Shellie Leete in appalachian dulcimer, Bedford VA, Claiborne House Bed Breakfast, james jones instruments, luthier, music instruments hand made, virginia dulcimer

  James Jones has been building fine custom musical instruments since 1978 in rural Bedford, Virginia.  Working alone in a wood shop he designed and built, and has developed designs for ten different acoustic instruments.    James says “No assembly lines, just a lot of individual attention from start to finish. I can work with you to individualize [...]

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